Warcraft Cooking IRL: Honeybread and Steaming Chicken Soup

It's time for the latest installment of our cooking series from the Official Warcraft Cookbook. Every month or so Lulaboo will cook a different Warcraft Cookbook recipe for Wowhead and add her own chef's tips!

Combine the warm water and oats in a large bowl, letting them sit for five minutes to soak. Add the milk, honey, yeast, salt, and one tablespoon of the melted butter to the bowl. Beat in the egg, and then gradually mix in the flour, one cup at a time—you may not need all of it—until you have a nice, workable dough that isn’t too sticky. Turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for several minutes until the dough bounces back when poked. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl and set in a warm place to rise for about an hour, or until doubled in size.

Butter the outside of a small mixing bowl roughly 8 inches wide and 6 inches tall. Set upside down on a baking sheet. Divide the dough into four equal parts. Roll these pieces of dough out into ropes, each about 3 feet long. Beginning at the top of the overturned bowl, coil one rope around itself, working your way outward and down the bowl. When you reach the end of the first piece, pinch another length of dough onto the end and continue coiling, forming a beehive shape. It’s fine if the dough doesn’t reach all the way to the baking sheet when you are done—it will expand as it rises. Cover the dough lightly and allow to rise again for about half the time as before.

Preheat the oven to 350°F, and once the bread has risen again, move the baking sheet to the oven and bake for around 20 minutes, or until the outside of the bread is a light golden color. Brush with the remaining tablespoon of melted butter, and allow to cool before gently lifting the bread off the bowl.

Tips

Be patient with the bread, the extra butter and egg in dough will make proofing take longer than usual.

Bake honeybread on a bottom rack.

Take extra care to make sure that the dough ropes are even all throughout.

If you are interested in purchasing this food, either for fun or to send to a guildie that's feeling down, remember that this is a limited quantity food - only 20 are sold at once. This food is also notable in that it's one of the few vendor-sold foods to provide a stat buff.

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Melt the butter and oil in the bottom of a large soup pot over medium heat. Add the celery, carrot, and garlic, cooking until they are soft, about 5 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables, and stir to combine for several minutes until the flour starts to brown on the bottom of the pan. Pour in the beer, scraping up all the bits of the butter mixture, and simmer for 5 minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high, then add the broth, the Northern Spices, and the drumsticks. Cover and simmer for about an hour and a half, or until the meat has started to fall from the bones.

While the soup is cooking, prepare the dumpling dough: Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Rub or cut in the butter, then the dill, tossing to distribute evenly. Gradually add milk until the mixture comes together in a wet mass. Cover until ready to make.

Once the soup is done, move the drumsticks to bowls for serving, and keep warm. Scoop out the dumpling dough in pieces roughly the size of golf balls. Drop the dumplings into the top of the still-simmering soup and cover the pot. Allow the dumplings to cook for about 10 minutes, then check one to see if the inside is cooked through. If not, flip all the dumplings and cook for another 5 minutes.

To serve, scoop the dumplings into the bowls along with the drumsticks. Ladle the soup over the top and enjoy.COOK’S NOTE: If you are not a fan of dill, just about any other fresh herb will work, such as thyme or rosemary.

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Commento di sinangelus

on 2017-10-08T12:34:48-05:00

I'm glad Azshari Salad was picked for the next round, was interested to see some of the newer foods. What else I'd like to see, how about Calamari Crepes? Eggs and tentacles in a pancake, sounds wicked.

Commento di AvalynnJust

on 2017-10-08T12:35:51-05:00

I want to learn how to make the Nightbites that Maribeth sells in Suramar City... I am just curious what is in them.